Guinea-Bissau military leaders bar ousted president's return
BISSAU, Oct 2 - The military leaders of Guinea-Bissau have decided to block former President Umaro Sissoco Embalo from returning to the West African country, citing national security concerns and the need to preserve public order.
β’ The senior army officers who carried it out suspendedΒ the electoral process and installed Major-General Horta Inta-a as transitional president. Embalo has been in exile since then
β’ Guinea-Bissau approved a new constitution in a referendum in August that expanded presidential powers and changed electoral rules. Among other provisions, it requires presidential candidates to have lived continuously in the country for the preceding five years. It was unclear how that provision might have affected Embalo's candidacy
